Multiple choice

What is utilitarianism?

  1. A philosophical approach according to which laws are valid only if they benefit the greater good

  2. The idea that all individuals should benefit equally from law's usefulness

  3. The idea that collective good prevails over individual rights

  4. All of the above

  5. Both (1) and (2)
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C Correct answer
Explanation

(3) Utilitarian thinkers do not argue that laws which do not benefit the greater good are invalid, but that a law is a good law only if it maximises the happiness or well-being of the greater number.

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